Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and among the most prestigious in the world. The Massachusetts colonial legislature authorized Harvard&#39;s founding, &quot;dreading to leave an illiterate ministry to the churches when our present ministers shall lie in the dust&quot;; though never formally affiliated with any denomination, in its early years Harvard College primarily trained Congregational clergy.

Its curriculum and student body were gradually secularized during the 18th century, and by the 19th century, it had emerged as the central cultural establishment among the Boston elite. Following the American Civil War, President Charles William Eliot&#39;s long tenure (1869&ndash;1909) transformed the college and affiliated professional schools into a modern research university; Harvard became a founding member of the Association of American Universities in 1900. James B. Conant led the university through the Great Depression and World War II and liberalized admissions after the war.

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On-Campus Accommodation

Residence halls are available to all students at the Harvard University

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	<li>A typical resident hall has essential facilities, such as Wi-Fi, laundry service, fully equipped kitchens, and vending machines.</li>
	<li>Each hall offers a TV and DVD player, washers and dryers, and a computer lab.</li>
	<li>On-demand reservations and special accommodations are made for disabled applicants.</li>
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Off-Campus Accommodation&nbsp;

The university provides off-campus housing information, including the 60 off-campus homes owned by Harvard and additional external rent information.

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	<li>Students can discover and compare different living alternatives by registering for the &#39;Harvard Off-Campus Housing&#39; webpage.</li>
	<li>Single, Studio, one-Bedroom, two-Bedroom, three-Bedroom, four-Bedroom, and suite apartments are available.</li>
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8 US Presidents, 79 Nobel Laureates, 62 surviving millionaires, 242 Marshall Scholars, and 359 Rhodes Scholars are among the Harvard University alumni network.

Barack Obama -44th President of the United States

Mark Zuckerberg -Co-Founder and CEO of Facebook

George W. Bush &ndash;&nbsp;43rd&nbsp;US President

Bill Gates &ndash;&nbsp;Co-founder of Microsoft.

Application, organising standardised test scores, submitting papers and fees, and occasionally appearing in an interview are all part of the Harvard University admissions process.

Application Portal -&nbsp;Harvard offers applications for&nbsp;programmes through the Common Application, Coalition Application, and Universal College Application portals. The application fee varies depending on the kind of process.

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Harvard boasts a diverse student body that hails from more than 50 states and 80 countries, with over 36,000 students now enrolled. Apart from outstanding academic results, other variables that impact the admission process include community participation, extracurricular activities, leadership abilities, and a noteworthy personal character.

Student Groups&nbsp;

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	<li>For leisure activities, all students at the school have access to over 450 student groups.</li>
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Sports and Athletics

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	<li>Students can participate in 42 Division I intercollegiate varsity teams for men and women, as well as intramural sports.</li>
	<li>The Harvard Crimson features 42 intercollegiate sports teams, which is the most in the NCAA Division-I Ivy League.</li>
	<li>Harvard&#39;s traditional Amateur Athletics tournament, conducted every two years, is the highlight or pinnacle sporting event. It is one of their oldest competitions, in which the track and field teams from Harvard and Yale compete against the Oxford and Cambridge squad.</li>
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	<li>Harvard is an elite private university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the Boston Area. It is a mid-size institution with an enrollment of 7,148 undergraduate students.</li>
	<li>Admissions are extremely competitive as the Harvard acceptance rate is only 5%. Popular majors include Economics, Computer Science, and Political Science and Government. Graduating 98% of students, Harvard alumni go on to earn a starting salary of $70,300.</li>
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The best university to study abroad.

The university&#39;s student-to-faculty ratio is 7:1, guaranteeing that each student receives adequate attention.

Amartya Sen, the Bharat Ratna winner and Nobel laureate, is one of Harvard&#39;s illustrious faculty members (Professor of Economics and Philosophy).

At Harvard, around 70% of students get financial assistance, with roughly 60% receiving need-based scholarships and paying&nbsp;$12,000 each year. International students are eligible for all institution assistance in the same way domestic students are, except for loans and federal or state aid.&nbsp;

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	<li>Scholarships from the Joseph Collins Foundation range in value.</li>
	<li>The organization&#39;s Academic Scholars Award is given to in-residence international graduates. Four awards are given out each year, each earning USD 67,000.</li>
	<li>Fellowships from the Graduate Consortium on Energy and the Environment range in value.</li>
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The Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony voted to establish Harvard University. Cambridge, Allston, and Boston&#39;s Longwood are the university&#39;s three main campuses.

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	<li>Harvard University&#39;s main campus is surrounded by numerous smaller branch campuses, primarily for alumni.</li>
	<li>10 hospitals, 5 museums, 2 theatres, 3 sporting facilities, 28 libraries, 12 residential buildings, various academic and administrative buildings, and other structures make up the Harvard University campus.</li>
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Library

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	<li>The Harvard Library is the oldest library system in the United States, dating back over 400 years.</li>
	<li>With 20.4 million volumes, 180,000 serial titles, an estimated 400 million manuscript pieces, 10 million pictures, 124 million stored web pages, and 5.4 terabytes of born-digital archives and manuscripts, Harvard holds the world&#39;s most dynamic&nbsp;academic library.</li>
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Cambridge is a&nbsp;university city&nbsp;and the&nbsp;county town&nbsp;of&nbsp;Cambridgeshire,&nbsp;England, on the&nbsp;River Cam&nbsp;approximately 55 miles (89&nbsp;km) north of&nbsp;London.

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	<li>At the&nbsp;United Kingdom Census 2011, the population of the Cambridge&nbsp;built-up area&nbsp;(which is larger than the remit of Cambridge City Council) was 158,434 including 29,327 students.</li>
	<li>&nbsp;Cambridge became an important trading center during the Roman and Viking ages, and there is archaeological evidence of settlement in the area as early as the&nbsp;Bronze Age.</li>
	<li>The first&nbsp;town charters&nbsp;were granted in the 12th century, although modern city status was not officially conferred until 1951.</li>
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The Office of Student Career Development provides career assistance to Harvard University students.

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	<li>The average yearly compensation for Harvard graduates working as neurosurgeons is 402,000 USD per year. </li>
	<li>Most Harvard Business School grads land jobs at Apple, Google, and Facebook.</li>
	<li>In addition, companies like Bain &amp; Company, McKinsey, IBM, and Morgan Stanley are among the companies that hire Harvard alumni.</li>
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	<li>In Cambridge, the summers are short, comfortable, and partly cloudy and the winters are long, very cold, windy, and mostly cloudy. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from&nbsp;36&deg;F&nbsp;to&nbsp;72&deg;F&nbsp;and is rarely below&nbsp;27&deg;F&nbsp;or above&nbsp;81&deg;F.</li>
	<li>The&nbsp;warm season&nbsp;lasts for&nbsp;2.7 months, from&nbsp;June 18&nbsp;to&nbsp;September 10, with an average daily high temperature above&nbsp;67&deg;F. The hottest month of the year in Cambridge in&nbsp;July, with an average high of&nbsp;71&deg;F&nbsp;and a low of&nbsp;56&deg;F.</li>
	<li>The&nbsp;cool season&nbsp;lasts for&nbsp;4.0 months, from&nbsp;November 16&nbsp;to&nbsp;March 16, with an average daily high temperature below&nbsp;50&deg;F. The coldest month of the year in Cambridge in&nbsp;February, with an average low of&nbsp;36&deg;F&nbsp;and a high of&nbsp;46&deg;F.</li>
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Harvard University

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